NATO TIGER MEET 2016

NTM 2016 VIDEO

By LUCIANO TORRESAN

NTM 2016 - ZARAGOZA (ES) PARTICIPANTS

Spanish Air Force:
Ala 15 Zaragoza EF-18+ Hormet
142 Esc Albacete EF2000 Typhoon

Belgian Air Force:
31 smd Kleine Brogel F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon

Czech Air Force:
211 TL Cáslav AFB JAS-39C/D Gripen
221 LtBVr Námest Mi-24 Hind
221 LtBVr Námest Mi-17 Hip

French Air Force:
ECE 01/30 BA 118 Mont-de-Marsan Mirage 2000D

French Navy:
Flotille 11F BAN Landiviseau Rafale M
Flotille 4F BAN Lann-Bihoué E-2CHawkeye

French Army:
3 RHC (ALAT) BA Étain-Rouvres SA 342 M Gazelle

German Air Force:
TaktLwG 74 Neuburg EF2000 Typhoon
TlG 51 Schleswig Jagel Panavia Tornado ECR

Greece Air Force:
335 Mira Araxos F-16C/D Block 52+ Fighting Falcon

Hungarian Air Force:
59/1 Sqn Kecskemét JAS-39C/D Gripen

Italian Air Force:
21° Gruppo Grazzanise AB-212ICO
12° Gruppo Gioia del Colle EF2000 Typhoon (Visitor only)

Netherland Air Force:
313 sqn Vlb. Volkel F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon (1st week only)
334 Sqn vlb. Eindhoven KDC-10 (Flying from Eindhoven)

Norvegian Air Force:
338 Skv MAS Ørland F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon

Polish Air Force:
6 ELT Poznan-Krzesiny AB F-16C/D Block 52 Fighting Falcon

Portuguese Air Force:
Esq 301 BA5 Monte Real F-16A/B MLU Fighting Falcon
(Visitor only)

Swiss Air Force:
Staffel 11 Meiringen F/A-18C/D Hornet

Turkish Air Force:
192 Filo Balikesir AB F-16C/D Block 50 Fighting Falcon

Royal Air Force:
230 Sqn RAF Benson Puma HC.2

Nato:
1 AEW&CS (NATO) MOB Geilenkirchen E-3A Sentry

Civilian:
GFD Hohn Gates Learjet 35A
Helisuerte Alicante Agusta Westland A109E

From Monday 16^th till Friday 27^th of May 2016 the 15 Wing (ALA 15) at Zaragoza Air Base (Spain) hosted the annual NATO Tiger Meet.

The 2016 edition was attended by no less then 19 NATO Tiger Association (NTA) members and two visiting units.

Training value is a very high necessity these days as many military branches are involved in various operations around the world. Current conflicts around the globe ask for trained crew ready to deploy and perform their tasks as ordered by politics and command.

Each day 2 waves were flown. In the morning was scheduled a “shadow wave” allowing the participants to train individually or in small packages.

In the afternoon usually was scheduled a Combined Air Operations (COMAO) mission involving the full array of air-to-air missions, Large Force Employments, Close Air Support (CAS), Convoy Protection, Non-Combatant Evacuation (NEO) and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR).

Aviation-shots was in Zaragoza on May 20th for the Media-Spotter Day as well as a few days more.

We would like to thanks Ala 15 and NTM staff for their precious support.

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